From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16136 invoked by alias); 5 Jun 2014 14:16:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 16124 invoked by uid 89); 5 Jun 2014 14:16:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-qa0-f42.google.com Received: from mail-qa0-f42.google.com (HELO mail-qa0-f42.google.com) (209.85.216.42) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:16:24 +0000 Received: by mail-qa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j5so1459578qaq.1 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 07:16:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.43.148 with SMTP id w20mr84521601qae.26.1401977782328; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 07:16:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.96.127.168 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jun 2014 07:16:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53907AA5.1010406@etr-usa.com> References: <53907AA5.1010406@etr-usa.com> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:16:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin on Max OS X ? From: Yuriy Chernyshov To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00086.txt.bz2 Why do you need cygwin under MasOS X? MacOS X is POSIX-compatible system that can run all the cygwin software natively, without API emulation. On 5 June 2014 18:11, Warren Young wrote: > On 6/5/2014 07:48, Richard H. McCullough wrote: >> >> >> Can I install Cygwin on my iMac? > > > cygwin1.dll uses the Win32 API heavily. That means it only runs under > Windows or a near-enough clone like WINE. > > A few of the key tools for Cygwin are also Win32-native, such as setup.exe > and cygcheck.exe. And, at least one of the packages ported to Cygwin calls > the Win32 API directly, which is Naughty(tm) but not actively prevented. > > I've tried CrossOver (the commercial version of WINE) under OS X, and it's a > miserable experience. > > My advice: set up a Windows VM and install Cygwin in it. I have used both > VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on OS X, and they work beautifully. > (Better than virtualization on Windows, in fact.) VirtualBox also runs on OS > X, but it is not as featureful as the other two. > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple